The academic staff of the Institute of Business Management in Chemistry currently comprises one tenured professor. The institute was founded in 2000, based on a foundation granted by the Degussa AG. There are 6 graduate students (diploma in business administration or in chemistry) working in the institute. Others are serving as teachi ng assistants.

The following six institutes of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy contribute to the NRW Graduate School:

• Institute of Biochemistry (BC)
• Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (AC)
• Institute of Food Chemistry (FC)
• Institute of Organic Chemistry (OC)
• Institute of Physical Chemistry (PC)
• Institute of Business Management in Chemistry (BMC)